Riku Niemelä

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Birth place: Tampere, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 1" (186 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)
Birth place: Tampere, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 1" (186 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1998 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| Finnish Championship Medals | |||||
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| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 1995‑96 | KooVee Tampere | Fazer-liiga | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | ||||
| 1996‑97 | KooVee Tampere | I-divisioona | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |||||
| 1996‑97 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997‑98 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 20 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998‑99 | Hermes Kokkola | I-divisioona | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 21 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | EHL | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1999‑00 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1999‑00 | Sport Vaasa | I-divisioona | 22 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| Liiga Totals | 98 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mestis Totals | 50 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 47 | 18 | |||||||
| European Hockey League Totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997‑98 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | European Hockey League | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1999‑00 | Sport Vaasa | I-divisioona | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Liiga Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mestis Totals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| European Hockey League Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |